Scoliosis DNA Test Kit

Does the test need to be repeated?

The recommended time frame at which to retest is shown in your report. However, you or your provider may or may not recommend retesting at a different interval depending upon your response to the nutrients.

Will my insurance cover the cost of the tests?

Some major medical insurances (not including Medicare, Medicaid, TriCare, and other Federal insurance plans) may reimburse you for the cost of this test.

Related Research

1. Heary RF, Madhavan K. Genetics of scoliosis. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep;63(3 Suppl):222-7.

2. Giampietro PF, Pourquie O, Raggio C, Ikegawa S, Turnpenny PD, Gray R, Dunwoodie SL, Gurnett CA, Alman B, Cheung K, Kusumi K, Hadley-Miller N, Wise CA. Summary of the first inaugural joint meeting of the International Consortium for scoliosis genetics and the International Consortium for vertebral anomalies and scoliosis, March 16-18, 2017, Dallas, Texas. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 Jan;176(1):253-256.

*DNA test is not available in the following countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, South Sudan, Antarctica, Brazil, South Korea, Japan